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Powderfree medical glove

Inactive Publication Date: 2000-01-25
MEDLINE INDUSTRIES
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Benefits of technology

It is another object of the present invention to produce a powderfree glove having a textured feature to facilitate transmission of tactile sensation.
A preferred embodiment of the present invention is a glove having physical properties as given below in Table II, but the present invention could be used with base glove films typically between about 0.035 mm to about 0.150 mm, depending on the particular applications. The gloves of the present invention provide strength and tactile sensitivity similar to popular powdered PVC gloves such as SensiCare.RTM. (Maxxim Medical, Inc.; Clearwater, Fla.) while providing the added benefit of powderfree donnability.

Problems solved by technology

However, donning powders can also contaminate wounds, irritate skin, leave a residue on equipment and clothing, and mechanically interfere with some medical procedures.
Lubricants, as well as gels and emollients, can have many of the same problems seen with powders.
However, problems encountered with hardened glove surfaces include reduction of mechanical performance, leading to greater incidence of cracks or breaks in the glove, and reduced sensitivity.
This can result in tears in the adjoining layers.
However, the exposed solid particles can dislodge from the glove coating, thus failing the requirements of a powderfree glove.
Another problem with coated gloves is conforming the relative elongation properties of the adjoining layers.
In the case of a vinyl glove, the glove will not have sufficient strength to overcome high stripping forces due to a high coefficient of friction.
As a result, high stripping forces induce unacceptable distortion or complete failure of a vinyl product.

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A first layer PVC glove is formed and fused in like manner to that in Example 1. The film is cooled to between about 105.degree. C. to about 95.degree. C. The mold having the film on its surface is presented to a spray process that deposits a lognormal distribution of spray droplets with a 4.rho. region of droplet diameters ranging from about 30 microns to about 150 microns in major droplet diameter. The formula is constituted of an aqueous emulsion including a polyurethane dispersion, a surface hardener, a filler, and a thickener to form a spatter finish on the PVC layer. The coating air dries on the film to form a unitary structure. A cuff is then formed on the unitary structure between about 85.degree. C. to about 75.degree. C. The unitary structure is farther cooled to about 70.degree. C. and is stripped and everted to form a glove.

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example 3

A first layer PVC glove is formed and fused in like manner to that of Example 1. The film is cooled to between about 120.degree. C. to about 110.degree. C. The mold having the film on its surface is presented to a spray process that deposits a lognormal distribution of spray droplets with a 4.rho. region of droplet diameters ranging from about 30 microns to about 150 microns in major droplet diameter. The formula is constituted of an aqueous emulsion including a polyurethane dispersion, a surface hardener, a filler, and a thickener to form a spatter finish on the PVC layer. The coating air dries to form a unitary structure. A cuff is then formed on the unitary structure at 100.degree. C. to about 80.degree. C. The film is air cooled to approximately 75.degree. C. and the structure is stripped and everted to form a glove.

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example 4

A first layer PVC glove is formed and fused in like manner to that of Example 1. A cuff is then formed on the unitary structure between about 90.degree. C. to about 70.degree. C. The film is cooled to between about 80.degree. C. to about 65.degree. C. and the mold having the film on its surface is presented to a spray process. The spray process deposits a lognormal distribution of spray droplets with a 4.rho. region of droplet diameters ranging from about 10 microns to about 90 microns in major droplet diameter. The formula is constituted of an aqueous emulsion including a polyurethane dispersion, a surface hardener, a filler, and a thickener to form a spatter finish on the PVC layer. The coating air dries to form a unitary structure and the structure is stripped at 40.degree. C. and everted to form a glove.

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Abstract

A powderfree medical film glove comprising an elastomer base layer having a sprayed, intermittent coating formed on the hand-contacting surface of the glove. The glove of the present invention improves donning by reducing intersurface tack, improves tactile sensory transmittance, and reduces unnecessary material consumption.

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The present invention relates to powderfree medical film gloves. More particularly, the present invention relates to a powderfree medical glove having a sprayed, intermittent coating to facilitate donning and tactile sensory transmittance.Medical film gloves are utilized by laboratory workers and physicians to reduce the incidence of contact transmission of various contaminants. Medical gloves should be relatively thin so that tactile sensation is not lost, however, the gloves must also be strong to resist rupture. Also, because the surfaces of film gloves tend to adhere to each other when packaged and to the user's hand while donning, the glove surfaces should have some form of lubricious property.Conventional medical glove manufacturers typically utilize donning powders, such as corn starch or talc, over the surfaces of the glove to overcome the foregoing problems. Donning powders function as a lubricant by separating the glove surfaces to prevent self-adherence and to allow the g...

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IPC IPC(8): A41D19/00A61B19/04A61B19/00
CPCA41D19/0062A61B19/04A61B42/00A41D19/0058
Inventor VANDE POL, MARK EDWARDHORWEGE, KENNETH STEVENSANCHEZ-GARCIA, VICTORIA
Owner MEDLINE INDUSTRIES
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